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My Early Thoughts on Fionna & Cake
2 years ago
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I just got caught up on the latest episode and as of right now I love this show. It's been a really long time since I've enjoyed any shows lately because I'm a cynical manchild, so this has been a refreshing change of pace.
I very much enjoyed the original Adventure Time (not only because I really wanted to fuck Marceline) but because I thought it was legitimately a good show. It may have paved the way for more obnoxious lawl random humor shows like Teen Titans GO and the Amazing World of Gumball.... But what started as a show about a boy and his stretchy dog going on adventures and making bacon pancakes slowly evolved into a post-apocalyptic nightmare multiverse drama about love, death, and finding yourself in the world you're stuck in, making the best of it with just a dash of LGBT brownie points by the end. (Thanks for the commitment... unlike SOME shows.... *cough cough Legend of Korra cough*). It got pretty muddy and a bit anime convoluted by the end, but nothing too absurd. At least not to me anyway. Although it has been a while since I've gone back and rewatched it since the series finale. So who knows if it still holds up. I also never watched the "Adventure Time: Distant Lands" extra thing that they did either.
So when I first saw the preview for this show, I was certain it was going to be just a spinoff focusing on the non-canon Rule 63 episodes of the show which were just stories made up by Ice King. Like, more stories or whatever. That's cute, I can live with that. But no... I was super wrong. This is straight up a sequel/continuation of Adventure Time after what I assume is the 2nd to last episode (since the last episode happens hundreds of years in the future or whatever) so I was pleasantly surprised. I will say that if you didn't keep up with the show... you will sadly be lost. Plenty of easter eggs and character references from the first show. Especially since the original had alternate realities, this show goes full multiverse. What makes it especially good to me is that it's no longer held back by being a CN show for children. I feel as though CN's better shows were held back by the "G" rating of not being aloud to be more adult. Especially Steven Universe and Regular Show. Such as the sexual euphemisms in SU, or the drinking soda instead of beer to get wasted in RS. The show finally feels right with the characters actually swearing instead of using dumbass replacement curse words like, "oh my glob" or "what the dip." Characters can also bleed and be horribly murdered. And there's even a bit of lewdness shoved in there too. The very first episode has Fionna just straight up drop her pants, flashing her panties. And the episodes after she's just been wearing her bra in short shorts.
While we're on the subject, they made Fionna an adult. They could have just as easily made her a teenager since she's just Rule 63 Finn. She lives by herself in an apartment and takes on a series of odd jobs. Thank fucking christ. That way no "Minor Whinners" can chime in with, "UMMM, ACTUALLY! FIONNA IS A TEENAGER SO UHHHH YEAH, IF YOU DRAW RULE 34 OF HER, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PROBLEM!!!" (Make sure to read that in the most over the top nerd voice you can imagine). They also made her a little more on the thicc side which I can definitely appreciate. They also created an even hotter version of Marceline, which I didn't even think was possible, that I WILL be drawing porn of at some point.
If you haven't seen the show yet, I highly recommend it. It's 8 episodes in as of now and updates every Thursday. Just know that the show isn't so much about Fionna and Cake, but mostly it's about Simon dealing with his PTSD about no longer being the Ice King. Again, if you didn't finish the original show, you'll be pretty lost. My only complaint as of now is that it's sadly an HBO MAX (or just MAX now I guess) Original... and any original show by them is a fucking death sentence. They LOVE cancelling their own shows! So I'm worried that with how good this show is, they'll most likely cancel it by the end of the first season....
"Shows cancelled!"
"But we didn't write an ending!"
"Yeah? Well tough shit! We're moving onto our all gay reboot of Dexter's Lab! That's the show everyone wants because we'll tell them it is!"
I very much enjoyed the original Adventure Time (not only because I really wanted to fuck Marceline) but because I thought it was legitimately a good show. It may have paved the way for more obnoxious lawl random humor shows like Teen Titans GO and the Amazing World of Gumball.... But what started as a show about a boy and his stretchy dog going on adventures and making bacon pancakes slowly evolved into a post-apocalyptic nightmare multiverse drama about love, death, and finding yourself in the world you're stuck in, making the best of it with just a dash of LGBT brownie points by the end. (Thanks for the commitment... unlike SOME shows.... *cough cough Legend of Korra cough*). It got pretty muddy and a bit anime convoluted by the end, but nothing too absurd. At least not to me anyway. Although it has been a while since I've gone back and rewatched it since the series finale. So who knows if it still holds up. I also never watched the "Adventure Time: Distant Lands" extra thing that they did either.
So when I first saw the preview for this show, I was certain it was going to be just a spinoff focusing on the non-canon Rule 63 episodes of the show which were just stories made up by Ice King. Like, more stories or whatever. That's cute, I can live with that. But no... I was super wrong. This is straight up a sequel/continuation of Adventure Time after what I assume is the 2nd to last episode (since the last episode happens hundreds of years in the future or whatever) so I was pleasantly surprised. I will say that if you didn't keep up with the show... you will sadly be lost. Plenty of easter eggs and character references from the first show. Especially since the original had alternate realities, this show goes full multiverse. What makes it especially good to me is that it's no longer held back by being a CN show for children. I feel as though CN's better shows were held back by the "G" rating of not being aloud to be more adult. Especially Steven Universe and Regular Show. Such as the sexual euphemisms in SU, or the drinking soda instead of beer to get wasted in RS. The show finally feels right with the characters actually swearing instead of using dumbass replacement curse words like, "oh my glob" or "what the dip." Characters can also bleed and be horribly murdered. And there's even a bit of lewdness shoved in there too. The very first episode has Fionna just straight up drop her pants, flashing her panties. And the episodes after she's just been wearing her bra in short shorts.
While we're on the subject, they made Fionna an adult. They could have just as easily made her a teenager since she's just Rule 63 Finn. She lives by herself in an apartment and takes on a series of odd jobs. Thank fucking christ. That way no "Minor Whinners" can chime in with, "UMMM, ACTUALLY! FIONNA IS A TEENAGER SO UHHHH YEAH, IF YOU DRAW RULE 34 OF HER, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PROBLEM!!!" (Make sure to read that in the most over the top nerd voice you can imagine). They also made her a little more on the thicc side which I can definitely appreciate. They also created an even hotter version of Marceline, which I didn't even think was possible, that I WILL be drawing porn of at some point.
If you haven't seen the show yet, I highly recommend it. It's 8 episodes in as of now and updates every Thursday. Just know that the show isn't so much about Fionna and Cake, but mostly it's about Simon dealing with his PTSD about no longer being the Ice King. Again, if you didn't finish the original show, you'll be pretty lost. My only complaint as of now is that it's sadly an HBO MAX (or just MAX now I guess) Original... and any original show by them is a fucking death sentence. They LOVE cancelling their own shows! So I'm worried that with how good this show is, they'll most likely cancel it by the end of the first season....
"Shows cancelled!"
"But we didn't write an ending!"
"Yeah? Well tough shit! We're moving onto our all gay reboot of Dexter's Lab! That's the show everyone wants because we'll tell them it is!"
